The future of gene therapy
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Gene therapy has the potential to treat immune disorders and inherited diseases for which there is little hope of finding a conventional cure. The future of gene therapy was decided by careful analysis of its risks and benefits that means recognizing the successes as well as failures.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Failure to correct murine muscular dystrophy
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Issues are presented concerning the very limited impact which the transplantation of bone-marrow has on the replacement of muscle-cells in mdx mice, with less than 1% being replaced. The implications are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Harmful potential of viral vectors fuels doubts over gene therapy
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The doctors using a gutted virus as a vector to transfer corrective genes into a patient's cells in gene therapy is detailed. The gutted virus, which is used to make the vector adeno-associated is examined.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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